WAKE UP with BWW 9/18/2015 - MOONSHINE, CLEVER LITTLE LIES, A WONDERFUL LIFE and More!
By: Jessica Khan Sep. 18, 2015
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? This weekend's big news: MOONSHINE and A WONDERFUL LIFE kick off regional runs, CLEVER LITTLE LIES starts off-Broadway and more!
THIS WEEKEND'S TOP ITEMS:
- The star-studded MOONSHINE: That Hee Haw Musical opens tonight in Dallas!
- CLEVER LITTLE LIES, starring Marlo Thomas, begins previews Off-Broadway.
- Duke Lafoon stars as 'George Bailey' in A WONDERFUL LIFE, starting tonight at Goodspeed!
- Encores! LADY, BE GOOD! recording, featuring Tommy Tune, is out in digital formats today.
- And be sure to set your DVR! AN AMERICAN IN PARIS is the first Broadway cast to visit COLBERT tonight!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Carolee Carmello, Terrence Mann and more will reprise their roles in TUCK EVERLASTING on Broadway!
- Cristin Milioti, Michael Esper and more have signed on for Bowie & Walsh's LAZARUS off-Broadway.
- Jason Robert Brown has joined the creative team for KING KONG!
- FUN HOME's Sydney Lucas is leaving the show next month...
- We got a first look (right) at MOONSHINE: That Hee Haw Musical, plus a peek at Mamie Gummer in Roundabout's UGLY LIES THE BONE!
- Daniel Craig is in talks to lead OTHELLO off-Broadway.
- WAR HORSE will close in the West End after eight years, while Harvey Fierstein is revising the book for FUNNY GIRL in the UK, and Annie Baker's THE FLICK is set for the National Theatre in 2016!
- PHOTOGRAPH 51, starring Nicole Kidman, could be headed to the big screen.
- And the 2016 National High School Musical Theatre Awards have set a date!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Lots of sun with a high of 83 degrees, with more of the same on Saturday and Sunday!
What we're listening to: Patti LuPone's 1998 album MATTERS OF THE HEART, re-issued today!
Video of the Day: Watch Josh Groban and Lena Hall duet on "If I Loved You" on Groban's STAGES tour!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Stephen Flaherty, who turns 55 today!
Broadway composer Stephen Flaherty's IN YOUR ARMS just started up at The Old Globe and LITTLE DANCER recently ran at the Kennedy Center in D.C. He has also written the music for RAGTIME -- which earned him a Tony and a Drama Desk Award in 1998 -- and the Tony-nominated and Olivier-winning ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, as well as ROCKY THE MUSICAL, SEUSSICAL, LUCKY STIFF, DESSA ROSE, A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, MY FAVORITE YEAR, THE GLORIOUS ONES, LOVING REPEATING, MATTERS OF THE HEART, CHITA RIVERA: THE DANCER'S LIFE, CHEF'S THEATER: A MUSICAL FEAST and more. His longtime collaborator is Lynn Ahrens, with whom he also worked on the animated film ANASTASIA, which won two Golden Globe Awards and nabbed two Oscar nominations. The story is now being turned into a stage musical.
for 54 SINGS A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE.
See you bright and early on Monday, BroadwayWorld!
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